August 21, 2013

Regardless of where you want to work, you need to keep a few pointers and tips in mind. This applies to you especially if you are someone who is looking for a graduate job in Asia. Any and every college in the Asian region would need to know why they should hire you rather than hiring someone who has the same grades, capabilities and performance as you. A number of students who will have graduated would want to apply for the same graduate job as you and they might even have secured the same marks as you in their finals.

First of all, show your interviewer that you are confident. If you can’t be confident in front of your interviewer, how could you expect him/her to let you teach an entire class? Show the interviewer that you know how to hold yourself together and that you would be calm and able to handle students. This can be seen in the way you answer questions asked by your interviewer. Do not show your interviewer that you are nervous because that would also show that you won’t be able to handle different kinds of people under one roof in a class.

As a student, you need to be clear about what you want to do after you graduate. Your university will also take your academics and performance into account when you apply for a graduate job. How well you perform as a student and how seriously you took your classes would be reflective of how you’d be as a teacher when you’ve completed your education and have graduated. If you have helped your friends or other students excel or improve their performance in a certain subject, include this in your application because you need to be able to prove that you would be good at motivating your students.

Remember that everything you say or do when applying for a graduate job would contribute towards your choices of getting hired as an employee. Show the university that you would be able to take your students ahead without making any of them feel alienated or isolated. Your application would be reflective of your capabilities too so be sure to express yourself as much as you can as a teacher.

Be on the lookout for any graduate job opportunities as soon as possible and sort out your documents, too.